Heading machine



.Jan- 4 1927' J. A. FORGEY ET AL HEADING MACHINE Filed Feb. 6. 1925 lllPatented Jan. 4, 1927.

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Jon A. FORGEY AND JOSEPH B. cUsIoK, or GAnsnnrLKALABAMA.

HEADING MACHINLE.

Application filed February amount of labor, whereby considerable expenseis eliminated, as compared to the common method and means used forheading receptacles of that. nature. y

Another very important object .of the invention is to provide a machineof this nature which will lock the head tothe keg, so `as to prevent itsdisplacement therefrom.

Another important object Aof the invention is to provide, in a headingmachine of this nature, means for cutting a. burr -from'the head and forj nojeetin'g .the vsame into the staves of the keg.A

A still further objeetofl the linvention is A to provide a headingmachine of this nature possessed of an extremely simple and etticientstructur'e, which is reliable in operation, inexpensive to construct andto operate, easy to manipulate, not liable to readily get out of order,strong, dura-ble, and Well adapted for the purpose for Which it isdesigned.

lVit-h the above and numerous other ob-.

jects in view, as will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in certain novel features of construction, and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morel fullydescribed and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, embodying the features ofmy invention. a portion being shown in section.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof, taken at right angles to thatshown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail elevation of a tool used with the machine.

Figure et is a detail see-tional View, showing the head on the barrel aslocked thereto by this machine,

Figure 5 is a det-ail view, and

Figure 6 is a top plan vieuv of the header.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that 1 designatesthe .supports which4 are disposed vertically and connected at theirupper ends by the cross brace 2. A bracket 3 extends laterally from anintermediate portion of one support 1, and has an upstanding portion 4terminating in a bearing 5. A shaft 6 is journaled through the supports1 adjacent their upper ends 6, 1925. Serial No. 7,324.

and also' through the bearing 5 of theV bracket 3, so as to be disposedsubstantially horizontal. A drive pulley 7 is mounted on the shaft 6,between one support 1 and the Y- rennebearing 5 .of the bracket. 3, anda loose pulley 8 is .disposed alongside ofthe pulley 7, in order thatthe guide beltm'ay be shifted from one to the other .in the usualmanner` .for controlling the operation of the shaft 6. A cam 10 isprovided on the shaft 6 centrally between the supports 1, and a y pairof cams 11 are disposed, .one on each side of the cam 10 atadistaneetherefrom as clearly illustratedin FigureI 1. A guide 12 isjsuppo rted.'lo" eenthe'supports 1 below the shaft 6 andjjisfp'rovidedwith a gu-ideway 18'forslidably'freceiving' the plunger 17 and functionsas an addi-"` tional bearing vfor thesha'ft 6. lThe upper end of thisplunger 17L iss'lotted, as 'at113,V

and in the upper endjoflthisfslot'there is l' disposed a' camengagingroller 14,'and in the bottom end of the slot there is disposed acam engaging roller 15, so that When the cam 10 is rotated, the plunger17 reciprocates in the guide 12. A header 19 is disposed on the bottomend of the plunger 17 and is provided with a frusto-conical shaped apronor skirt 20, depending therefrom, and a block 21 disposed on the undersurface thereof with its periphery spaced from the inner surface of theskirt 20.

Plungers 22 are slidable vertically through the guide 12, one on eachside of the guide- Way 18, and the upper ends thereof are provided Withrollers 23 engageable With cams 11. A plurality of tool holders 25 arepivoted, intermediate their end-s to the header 19, and each includes aninwardly extending arm 26. These arms 26 project into the pocket 27through openings 27', provided in the plunger 17, and are engaged by thebottom end of a s ring 28, positioned in this pocket, so that t ietools29 in the holders 25 have their cutting ends positioned in the openings31, provided in the skirt 20. Links 32 terminate in indent-ares 32provided in the bottom end-s of the plungers 22 and also in the holders25, it being noted that the spring 28 impinging against the holders 25will prevent dislodgment of these links.

The head H is placed on the open end .of the keg K, as is shown toadvantage in Figure 4:, and includes the closure plate 40, having anannular rim 41, in the form of an upstanding flange, Which merges intoa\subl stantially frusto-conical shaped skirt L12, disposed on theoutside of the upper vor open end of the keg. Nhen the header 19' ismoved downwardly by the cam l0, through the intermediacy of plunger 17,the skirt 2O engages skirt 42, While block 2l engages the plate 4G, andthus orces the head into place on the barrel, and as the shat 6 furtherrotates the cams ll come .into operation andv push downwardly onplunger-s 22, etuat` ing the links 32, so as to pivot or si. 'ing theholders 25 to project the tools through the openings 3l of the skirt 2Oand Cause these tools to cut the burrs lll and projectthem into theouter surface of the lieg K. Vhen the holders 25 are swung, as justdescribed, the arms 26 Will compress the spring 28, so that as the camscontinue to rotate, the spring will swing the holders so as to Withdrawthe tools through the openings 231, and as the shaft 6 rotates stillfurther, the Cani l0 will Withdraw the header upwardly from ot? the.keum

t will beapparent from the above that We have devlsed a very simple andeic-ient machine, which can be controlled hy a singleindividual forheading the kegs quickly and effectively. The present embodiment of theinvention, which We have shown by Way of vantage enumerated inthestatement voi the tures, example, attains all of the features'of ad- Y,

parting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterClaimed, or sacrii'ieing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new is:

Ina machine of the class described, a sup- -porting structure, a plungerslidahlyinounted in the supporting structure, a second plunger slidablymoun tedin the supporting structure, a shaft, cams on the shaft, one.'for each plunger,A av header supported'on the lower end of the firstplunger, a` pair of tool holders pivotally mounted on lthe header, saidfirst plunger provided With a poc-liet, a spring in the pocket,'an armonthe tool holder engaged -With the end of the spring for normallyvholding, the holder in' an inoperative position,'and a' link-.connecting theholderwith theksecond plunger for y operation thereof'all 'in' lthe,manner and for the purpose speciied." v

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